Punjab Cooperative (Group-B) Service Rules, 2016

Punjab Cooperative (Group-B) Service Rules, 2016

1. Short title, commencement and application:-

(1) These rules may be called the Punjab Cooperative (Group-B) Service Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

(3) They shall apply to the posts specified in Appendix ‘A.’

2. Definitions:-

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “Appendix” means an Appendix appended to these rules;

(b) “Government” means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Cooperation;

(c) “ Registrar” means the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab;

and

(d) “Service” means the Punjab Cooperative (Group ‘B’) Service.

(2) The words and expressions used, but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994.

3. Number and character of posts:-

The Service shall comprise of the posts specified in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules:

Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the Government to add to or to reduce the number of such posts or to create new posts whether, permanently or temporarily with different designations and scales of pay.

4. Appointing authority:-

All Appointments to the Service shall be made by the Government.

5. Method of appointment, qualifications and experience:-

(1) Appointment to the Service shall be made in the manner specified in Appendix ‘B’:

Provided that if no suitable candidate is available for appointment by direct appointment or by promotion, then appointment to the Service shall be made by transfer of a person holding an analogous post under the State Government or the Government of India.

(2) No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service, unless he possesses the qualifications and experience, as specified against that post in Appendix ‘B.’

(3) Appointment to the Service by promotion shall be made on seniority-cum-merit basis, but no person shall have any right to claim promotion on the basis of seniority alone.

6. Training and Departmental Examinations (Applicable only in the case of Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies):-

(!) A candidate selected by direct appointment to the Service shall undergo in-service training for a minimum period of nine months on being appointed to the Service and shall pass such departmental examinations, as may be specified by the Government from time to time.

(2) The period of training shall be counted towards service for all intents and purposes.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub rule, (I) every person directly appointed or promoted as Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, unless exempted by the Government, shall pass the departmental examinations in Accounts and the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961 in accordance with the syllabus, as may be specified by the Government from time to time.

(4) A member of the Service shall have to pass the examination as per the provisions laid down in the The Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, as amended from time to time.

7. Training and Departmental Examinations (Applicable only in the case of Inspectors Cooperative Societies):-

(1) Every newly appointed Inspector, Cooperative Societies shall have to undergo in-service training, as may specified by the government from time to time.

(2) Inspectors, Cooperative Societies, shall have to pass the departmental examinations and if they qualify, they shall not be required to qualify again after their promotion.

8. Pay of the members of the Service:-

The members of the Service shall be entitled to such scales of pay, as may be authorized by the Department of Finance from time to time. The scales of pay, at present in force, in respect of the members of the Service are given in Appendix ‘A’.

9. Application of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994:-

(1) In respect of the matters, which are not specifically provided in these rules, the members of the Service shall be governed by the provisions of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, as amended from time to time.

(2) The Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules,1994,at present in force, are contained in Appendix ‘C’.

10 Discipline, punishment and appeal:-

(1) In the matter of discipline, punishment and appeal, the members of the Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, as amended from time to time.

(2) The authority empowered to impose penalties as specified in rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, in respect of the members of the Service, shall be the Government.

11. Repeal and saving:-

The Punjab State Cooperative Service (Class-II), Rules, 1958, the Punjab Cooperative Department (State Service) Class III Rules, 1978 and the Punjab Cooperative Department Service, (Ministerial) (State Service, Class III) Rules, 1966, in so far as these are applicable to the members of the Service are hereby repealed:

Provided that any order issued or any action taken under the provisions of the rules so repealed, shall be deemed to have been issued or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

12. Interpretation: –

If any question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the Government in consultation with the Department of Personnel, shall decide the same.